What started in 2008 by a collection of indie record store owners as a way to bring attention to the “unique culture” inherent to stand-alone brick and mortar record shops, Record Store Day has now grown to include over 700 independently owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands more internationally.  Each year, many of the major labels and numerous indies have issued special limited-edition releases to bring further attention to Record Store Day.  This year’s celebration, which takes place…

Los Angeles is a big city with big talent and to move there for music is a risk and a half – or so I hear. With faith in toe, the boys of Faulkner were up to the challenge and it seems to be a risk well taken. Faulkner is the collaborative project of a group of mostly non-California natives whose success stems from their belief in their music and belief in each other. I mean, the band’s name was…

"Check this guy out," a friend wrote me in an email last year. "This white guy sounds exactly like Ghostface Killah." In the beginning, this is how I imagine most people came to know Action Bronson: not through his talent as a rapper, but because the voice of this Queens native is a dead ringer for that of the legendary Wu-Tang member. In that way, the internet was a perfect venue to spread Bronson’s music, but where other emcees with…

In 2010, four friends began to play music together on the unfinished 11th floor of Winnipeg’s Commodities and Exchange building. It was there that guitarist/vocalist Matt Worobec, keyboardist Zack Antel, bassist Jason Pankratz and drummer Luke Janzen began writing and practicing songs that would end up on their debut self-titled EP, Lost Weekend. With Grammy nominated producer Zach Heiligman (Foster The People) at the helm, the Canadian quartet’s first offering of songs encompasses elements of New Wave and ‘90s alt…